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Archived News:
Chronic Logic now
offers a new patch for Kingdom Elemental, updating this strategy/RPG to version
1.4 while invoking a name change to Kingdom Elemental Tactics.
This
press release highlights what's new about the renamed edition of the game.
Word is: Chronic Logic announces the release of Kingdom Elemental Tactics
version 1.4, a major update to Kingdom Elemental, a real-time tactics game from
Chronic Logic and Liberation Games. KE:Tactics takes core game play elements
from real-time strategy, tactics, and role-playing games and combines them into
a game that is painfully easy to pick up and play without committing your entire
life, unless you have no life...in which case you may not find Kingdom Elemental
to be an adequate substitute.
You say you want some MMO? Well here's some MMO!
- Tabula Rasa
Tabula
Rasa Q&A on WarCry chats up April Burba about Destination Games'
upcoming MMORPG, discussing beta testing, player classes, cloning, in-game
rewards, the regularly scheduled beta assassination of Lord British,
and more.
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
The
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Q&A on Computer and Video Games
talks with Sam Didier and Jeffrey Kaplan about the upcoming WoW expansion.
They talk about the reception The Burning Crusade met with, the new hero
class, level 80 content, and more.
- The Lord of the Rings Online
RPG
Vault's The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Q&A #1 embarks
on a quest to get answers from Jeffrey Steefel about Turbine's
Hobbit-forming MMORPG. They talk about the game's strengths, PvP, content
updates, live support, storylines, and more.
- Pirates of the Burning Sea
The
Pirates of the Burning Sea Q&A on TenTonHammer talks with Theresa Pudenz
about Flying Lab Software's upcoming MMORPG. They touch upon high level
content, boarding, ship size, PvP, guild tools, economics, and more.
- Dreamlords
The
Dreamlords Q&A on
TenTonHammer is an article based on a conversation with Lockpick CEO
David Rosén at the Leipzig Games convention. They discuss the MMOG's present
state, and what's being done to refine it going forward.
- Jagged Alliance 3
The
Jagged
Alliance 3 Q&A on StrategyCore.co.uk harkens back a few gaming
conventions ago to the good old days of E3, where they caught up with
Alexander Kozhevnikov of Akella about the upcoming Jagged Alliance sequel.
Topics include the use of Nival's Silent Storm engine, the story, missions,
conflict between factions, alignments, game mechanics, and more.
- Sam & Max
Telltale’s
Dave Grossman talks about making Sam & Max on GameZone asks the Telltale
Games design director some questions about their Sam & Max series. Season
Two, writers, collaboration, episodic content, and more subjects are covered
along the way.
- Age of Conan on
TenTonHammer.
- The Chronicles of Spellborn on
TenTonHammer.
- Jagged Alliance 3 on
GameSpy.
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
on 1Up.
- Pirates of the Burning Sea on
TenTonHammer.
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky on
GameSpy.
- Universe At War: Earth Assault on
1Up.
The BioShock Tweak Guide on
TweakGuides.com offers troubleshooting and tweaking tips.
Valve announces Chilean developer ACE Team has licensed the Source engine for
Zeno Clash, an upcoming fantasy-themed action/fighting game due for release next
year. The theoretically musical Flash
Zeno Clash Website is online,
offering preliminary information and some screenshots, and here's the
announcement that has further details: Santiago, Chile - August 28, 2007
- ACE Team, an independent game development studio based in Santiago, Chile,
today announces it has licensed the Source® engine-the core technology behind
Half-Life® 2-for an action-fantasy game in development for the PC.
Zeno Clash is an action game with a strong focus on melee combat set in a punk
fantasy world. Featuring up close and brutal combat in a first-person
perspective, the game is played in battle scenarios where the adversaries are
always dangerously close and the use of exotic firearms and artifacts is a
commodity. The new close combat mechanics are a deviation from traditional
shooting in the FPS genre that will feel fresh for players.
The first chapter is set in a fantastic & chaotic world where the main character
has been exiled from his clan and hunted down by his own brothers. A desperate
journey past the forbidden desert will bring him to the end of the world.
"Working with Source gives us the features, tools, and flexibility we need in an
engine to bring to life a game world beyond anything seen before," said Andres
Bordeu, game designer with ACE Team. "Source is an incredibly flexible engine
that lets us create environments with rich visuals, expansive and
highly-detailed believable characters that interact with players in
intelligent-and challenging-ways. We look forward to delivering a fantastic
experience to gamers in 2008."
"We're pleased that the ACE Team has chosen the Source engine for their
promising debut game, which will expand the use of Source into new gameplay and
visual styles," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve.
"As we continue to evolve the Source toolset, we will continue the tradition of
supplying underlying technology for such innovative projects."
ACE Team is a new studio located in Santiago, Chile comprised of professional
game designers, artists, and programmers who have worked on a number of games
for both PC and Xbox Live Arcade platforms. For more information about ACE Team
and its Source-based game, please visit
http://www.aceteam.cl/zenoclash/.
Sega announces that Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms is now shipping to stores in
the US. The expansion to Creative Assembly's
large-scale real-time strategy game adds four new campaigns, new factions,
new units, "and way to wage Total War."
A new patch is now available for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, advancing
the military shooter sequel to version 1.04. Details on what's changed are
in
this forum thread, and the patch to update the previous version 1.3 can be
found on
Ubisoft's FTP server and mirrored on
ActionTrip,
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
GameSpot (registration required),
The
Patches Scrolls, and
Strategy Informer, while the patch to update the original version 1.0 is
available on
Ubisoft's FTP server and mirrored on
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
GameSpot (registration required),
The
Patches Scrolls, and
Strategy Informer.
A new unofficial patch for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is now
available, bringing the Source-engine action/RPG from deceased developer Troika
to version 4.1. The patch and a list of what's fixed and changed can be found on
The
Patches Scrolls, and the download is mirrored on
FileFront and Gamer's
Hell.
Fore! EA announces that Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08 is shipping to stores for PC,
Mac, and various console and handheld systems: REDWOOD CITY, Calif. –
August 28, 2007 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Tiger
Woods PGA TOUR® 08, featuring the breakthrough new EA SPORTS™ GamerNet and Photo
Game Face features, is available in retail stores today under the EA SPORTS™
brand. With the critically-acclaimed Tiger Woods PGA TOUR franchise, gamers can
put themselves into the middle of the action, test their nerves and skills
against the best, and then share and compare their shots with other players from
around the world in the most innovative iteration ever created.
With EA SPORTS GamerNet, an interactive gaming hub that hosts user-created
gameplay online, every shot on every hole of a player’s game is recorded. From
the opening drive to the final putt in the Playoffs for the FedExCup, EA SPORTS
GamerNet is capturing all the shots that make, or break players rounds. With an
on-line connection, gamers can then upload their most amazing – and unthinkable
– performances on EA SPORTS GamerNet and then earn points and bragging rights by
posting video clips for other gamers to play against and by matching challenges
set by others.
With Photo Game Face, players will now be able to replicate themselves in the
game, down to the finest detail. By simply uploading real-life photographs,
players can create in-game characters that look exactly like the real thing with
no artistic skill required, giving gamers the unique opportunity to go toe to
toe with the best golfers on the finest courses in the world. EA SPORTS GamerNet
and Photo Game Face are features exclusive to the Xbox 360™ video game and
entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 also features the PGA TOUR new Playoffs for the
FedExCup, offering gamers the thrill of the playoff chase by playing dream
rounds at Westchester Country Club, TPC Boston, Cog Hill and East Lake. In
addition to many of the top PGA TOUR players, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 also
features top LPGA golfers, Annika Sorenstam, Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer,
Cristie Kerr and Morgan Pressel.
Developed in Orlando, Florida by EA Tiburon, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 is
available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer
entertainment systems, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PC, Mac, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
handheld entertainment system and is rated E by the ESRB. The game’s official
website is
www.easports.com/tigerwoods08.
The
EA Support Forums offer word that a new hotfix is now automatically
available for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, bringing the RTS sequel to
version 1.08 (thanks Ant and
Command and Conquer DEN). In addition to automatic updates, manual versions
of some or all of the various language editions of the hotfix can be downloaded
from
ActionTrip,
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
The
Patches Scrolls, and
Strategy Informer. Word is: Greetings, I wanted to let everyone know
that patch 1.08 is now available. This is a "hotfix" patch that makes one
specific fix to the Scrin Mothership unit. You'll be prompted to download the
update the next time you go online in Command & Conquer 3.
Thank you all again for your patience and understanding in anticipation of this
fix. We have additional updates planned for the game, so stay tuned for details
about more-substantive content patches in the days to come. For now, you're
welcome to use this thread to post any comments, though as always, we ask that
you please be constructive for the sake of the other users of this forum.
A new patch for Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood updates Kerberos Productions'
space strategy expansion to version 1.4. Word is: "Owners of direct download
versions of the game can download the update through their direct download
providers. More information can be found at their respective websites." The
update offers a new map and a new class of mine along with other tweaks
and fixes. The 21-some MB download can be found on
Gamer's Hell,
The
Patches Scrolls, and
Strategy Informer.
Gabe Newell: DirectX
10 for Vista was a mistake quotes Valve's Gabe Newell decrying Microsoft's
decision to make DirectX 10 exclusive to Windows Vista as a mistake that's
harming the PC gaming industry (thanks
Slashdot):
In an interview with heise online, Gabe Newell, president of Valve
Software, said that Microsoft made a terrible mistake releasing DirectX 10 for
Vista only and excluding Windows XP. He said this decision affected the whole
industry as so far only a very small percentage of players can use DirectX 10.
When developing cross-platform games which are also released fo Xbox 360 and
Playstation 3, developers look for the smallest common denominator. And since
neither Microsoft's nor Sony's new consoles support Shader Model 4.0 for DirectX
10, only few games use it, he said.
In addition, Newell bemoaned the increasing lack of input device diversity in PC
gaming culture. He would like to see controllers like the Wiimote or the Guitar
Hero guitar, but since DirectX support for devices like these had increasingly
been reduced over the last few years, developers didn't dare implement these
expensive innovations.
- Crysis
The
Crytek Q&A
on Eurogamer chats with Crytek's Cevat Yerli about Crysis, their
upcoming first-person shooter. They discuss comparisons with Far Cry,
standing out against other FPS games, DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and more.
- BioShock
Q&A:
Levine surfs BioShock's wake on GameSpot talks with Ken Levine of
Irrational Games 2K Boston about their just-released
first-person shooter. Among the subjects covered are problems with the
authentication system, Steam launch issues, broken Big Daddy figurines,
widescreen woes, console exclusivity, and more
- Painkiller Overdose
The
Painkiller Overdose Q&A on 2404 talks with an unnamed source about
Painkiller Overdose, Mindware's upcoming continuation of People Can Fly's
anesthetized first-person shooter. Topics include how the sequel ties in
with the original game, AI, locations, weapons, bosses, the game engine, and
more.
Wing One offers the original
soundtrack from Wing Commander in DRM-free mp3 format for online purchase
(Ad-Lib sound card required… okay maybe not). This is a welcome bit of actual
nostalgia for a favorite old school game considering how little the recent
remake had to do with the original. Word is: You will hear the authentic,
original MIDI files, playing back on a Roland MT-32 sound module, as you would
have heard if you were playing a Brand New Wing Commander game on The Best Game
Sound-Equipped Computer Available At The Time. A touch of Roland Sound Canvass
(in MT-32 emulation mode) was added just because it was easy to do and made the
tones just a tad-bit richer. Other than that...Welcome To The State of the Art
in PC Audio, circa 1990!!!!
Well, the aftermath of yesterday's oral surgery does not seem to nearly as
severe as last time, which is fortunate considering how much nastier the surgery
itself was. In brief, it took a few hours, long enough for the Novocaine to
start wearing off, which was pretty damned unpleasant. Anyway, I'm pretty much
fine now, so I won't complain too much.
Meanwhile, the good news of the day comes by way of Enahs, who informs me a third
season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is in the works, pointing the
way to this incredibly
NSFW video promoting the new season. Wee!
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